Acting - Actors Quotes

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.

It sure has been a pleasure for us to broadcast for the sailors and soldiers; besides, its part of the National Defense Program to prepare our boys for anything.

It is a great help for a man to be in love with himself. For an actor, however, it is absolutely essential.

Acting is happy agony.

Being in this business is a lot better than working in a car factory, a lot better than working in a coal mine. What’s the big deal? People who moan and bitch and complain about what they do, I just want to say, “Then leave! Get out of it! Go do something else!” I mean, […]

Acting is a question of absorbing other people’s personalities and adding some of your own experience.

Essentially, I’m a small-part actor who’s been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.

Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled.

I wasn’t driven to acting by an inner compulsion. I was running away from the sporting goods business.

You need three things in the theater – the play, the actors and the audience, – and each must give something.